Chemical composition, antioxidant properties and anti-cholinesterase activity of Cordia gilletii (Boraginaceae) leaves essential oil

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 253-257

  Bonesi, Marco ^a   Okusa, Philippe N ^b,c   Tundis, Rosa ^a   Loizzo, Monica R ^a   Menichini, Federica ^a   Stévigny, Caroline ^b   Duez, Pierre ^b,c   Menichini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cholinesterase inhibitory activity; Cordia gilletii; Essential oil; GC MS

Indexed keywords

1 EICOSENE; 1 HEPTADECENE; 1 OCTADECENE; 1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2 HEXENAL; 2 HYDROXY PHENYLMETHYL ESTER BENZOIC ACID; 6,10,14 TRIMETHYL 2 PENTADECANONE; ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; ESSENTIAL OIL; FARNESOL; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; GALLIC ACID PROPYL ESTER; MYRISTIC ACID; MYRISTYL ALDEHYDE; NONADECANE; NONANAL; PALMITIC ACID; PENTACOSANE; PENTADECANOIC ACID; PHYTOL; PINENE; TERPENE DERIVATIVE; TERPINENE; TRICOSANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; BORAGINACEAE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDIA GILLETII; DRUG SCREENING; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; CHEMISTRY; CORDIA;

BORAGINACEAE; CORDIA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CORDIA; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 79954511412     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100600225     Document Type: Article

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